The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Zo or No!

Episode Date: April 10, 2024

Alonzo Mourning joins the show to discuss his charitable efforts across South Florida before playing Stugotz's game of Zo or No and discuss John Thompson, blocking Vince Carter, his iconic meme, and the 2006 NBA Finals. Then, JuJu calls out Jeremy for his finger-licking snafu, burning nads in the eclipse, and do NBA players get deeper pools? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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that one of the reasons, one of the many reasons that I admire him is because what he has done in this community and often for people that he might feel alone in caring about because it's hard to get support in this community for anything in any one alonzo morning has done some truly epic charitable things in this town in this community that i think uh... are attribute to his legacy even greater than a hall of fame basketball career and i think i'm not sure i don't speak for him but i think

he may take more pride in as someone who learned from john thompson about how to care about people so anyways so thank you for always being a pillar of professionalism even though we in the media and america in general made that hard and also you seemed like you were pissed off all the time. You seemed like you were furious and we were all kind of scared of you. So thank you that that charitable soul exists in there. And I'm sorry that we weren't more respectful

of a Hall of Fame career while it was happening here in Miami. And you began building what would become Miami Heat basketball. Thank you for joining us by the way. It's great to be with you gentlemen and you know Dan I've always admired your work regardless of weak butt heads sometimes throughout my career but your professionalism and your work is something that I've admired over the years you know. I appreciate the kind words during this introduction.

You know, it's been a blessing to be a part of the South Florida community for the past 28 years. You remember when I first came here back in 1995. And it's been exciting to be a part of, and I'm very proud to have been a part of the Miami Heat organization, which has allowed me to not only be a great basketball player under the leadership of Mickey Harrison and Pat Riley, and to become a big fan of the person in that rally. And to become a champion, you know,

but has also created an opportunity for me throughout the years to have a direct connection to our community, which I've embraced the responsibility to try my best to improve it because, you know, Heat Nation has been a part of my life for quite some time. And it's the fabric of this community that has supported my career, you know, so I feel

like I have a responsibility to give back the best that I can. And I've been fortunate enough to develop some amazing relationships, which has allowed me to do that over the years. So I'm going to tell the audience because the kind words are not kind enough and I do want to talk basketball with him about his career. I want to ask him some other questions, but you've got it's all over town galas this Saturday you have seen what was promised for over town and not delivered to over town over 30 years living here and you know in that community embedded yourself and i want people understand some of the roots of this

so cuz you and i have not talked about your upbringing how much sports helped you but you are uh... very thankful for the fostering that you got young in life and you were caring about kids in a community so that has so much despair in it And you keep taking all of the heat's power to that community and all of your name value And brand that you've created in that community and you keep doing good there So I ask you to explain to the audience from the most heartfelt of places because you pour yourself into this Why do you do this this way?

Why does it matter to you this way? Well, you know, the genesis of all of this, Dan, is, you know, because of my roots with my foster mother and growing up in foster care and understanding the contributions that were given to me, but just not just by my foster mom, but coaches and teachers throughout my years and which has allowed me to become a great basketball player. Their contributions helped me get to where I am today. So I'm

very, very fortunate from that perspective. I am today. You know, so I'm very, very fortunate from that perspective. I truly am, you know, very grateful for that, you know, and through that journey, you know, you mentioned John Thompson and you know, he was definitely a

person that helped mold and develop a mentality that I have and understanding the responsibilities of giving back, because one day and Big John would always remind us of this, you know, one day the ball stops bouncing, you know, he always had this deflated basketball on his desk and it reminded him to remind us as his players, as he treated us like his sons, he said, don't let really basketball consume you. You use basketball to your benefit. And I feel like that once that air,

once the ball stops bouncing, you gotta use the game to help you create a platform to not only take care of yourself and your family, but at the same time, you know, to give back as well. And the service that we have provided through our foundation embodies all of the contributions that we have you know, to provide educational opportunities the city. So, over 20 years later, with all the services

that we provided to the inner city community, you know, to provide educational opportunities for children and families and in an impoverished areas. And this is something that we want to expand throughout South Florida and beyond. We

started off with an 18,000 square foot facility. Now, we've tripled the size to a 56,000 square foot facility with a charter school, computer labs, technology center, STEM labs, art studio, dance studio, music studio, gymnasium, mental health and wellness component as well. You know, we have created this one stop shop in the inner city, which allows people from the inner city to come and receive a plethora of services that we provide free of charge. And we understand the struggles that a lot of the families that are facing

here in South Florida now that we've seen South Florida change over all these years, you know, it's very difficult to afford to live here. It's gotten worse. So it's gotten worse. Look, I don't know how you don't, I don't know how you don't feel helpless with some of the work you're doing.

I don't know how you don't feel a daily despair. I will tell the audience, overtownyouth.org is where you go if you want to help. Alonzo morning for a long time has been doing important work in this community to try and lifted under some very trying circumstances but i have a problem on my hands here so let's go in that we've talked about the important stuff the deep stuff the emotional stuff and i want people to buy tickets to the event. It's all over town, the gala is this Saturday,

but I need to speed this shit up, Zo, because I've got a restless Dugatsch who's like, where are my hot takes, where's my basketball information, and I can see him plotting with Billy back there. What are you two plotting on? Actually, what we were doing, me and the entire shipping container was playing a little game of Zo or no. We some questions for a lot of so so a lot so we

have had we've done this we've done this correctly i'm telling people is so cares about this community and unreasonable way i think only dan marino in the history of our city and athletes and it's only because he did a children's hospital has been more giving to our community it's a staggering thing to say he is an absolute pillar in south florida because of how he gives but they don't want to do this anymore that the charitable stuff so i've been very nice you like to look you are you are someone who is worthy of deep admiration but now we need the entertainment so you ready

this new art cellar now you understand the game right i mean no i no, no, no means yes. Alright, so it's got so we're trying to speed up though, right? Attention spans are short. So, we wanna play back and forth. Alright, so or no, the eclipse as Dan likes to call it was overrated. So, or no, that's never overrated. You know, it's it's a natural spectacle that, you know, we all look forward to seeing. And it takes years and years for us to even reach the point.

An obvious Zo. An obvious. So an obvious Zo. No, it's a no. It's a no. Because you said it was all created. Yeah, it's not overrated. It's not overrated, so it's a no.

Okay. Stay with the game, Dan. Okay, sorry. Not as easy as you thought, yeah. Very confusing, I'm sorry. Zo or no, this that's a no. Okay. Stay with the game, Dan. Okay, sorry. That was easy as I thought, yeah. Very confusing, I'm sorry. Zo or no, this year's UConn men's team will be remembered as one of the best in college basketball history.

Zo or no? Zo. No. No. That's incorrect. No, that's incorrect, Zo. You don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean?

You said they will be remembered as a what? As a great team, right? As one of the best men's team. That's incorrect, Zo. You don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean? You say they will be remembered as a what? As a great team, right? As one of the greatest teams of all time. Of all time, Zo. Get it right.

You have to respect the Zoans. Let me understand this question again. Let me understand. All right. This year's UConn's team, who won back-to-back national championships, but a totally different team, They will be remembered as one of the best in college basketball history, Zoe or no? Agreed, I agree.

No, no, no. So, so. But I'm not saying it though. But that's incorrect, you're incorrect. I understand why you agree, but where's... It's his answer, Dan. It is his answer. Why is that incorrect, Dan?

Should we try a shot for your life? You know how hard it is to win. Why is that incorrect, Dan? Should we try a shot for your life? You know how hard it is to play back-to-back college championships, you realize how hard that is? All right. Zo, we are being totally disrespectful just to get you agitated. No.

No. No. Okay. There can only be one goat, Zo or no? Oh, one goat or many goats? There can only be one goat, Zo or no? One goat or many goats? There can only be one goat. Zo or no? Depending on the era. So no. No. So no. No is the correct answer. Because there could be multiple. Because you know, Don Stanley said, uh, Caitlyn Clark, she's one of the goats, but you can't be one

of the goats. You have to either be the goat or you're something else. He said multiple goats. Yeah. No, no, no, no. Okay. I think it can be depending on the era, like the era of the Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics era. There was Bill Russell, he was the goat.

You know what I'm saying back there. He's right. With 11 championships. That's correct. Yeah. That's correct. Then you got the era of Michael, how he dominated. You know, with 11 championships. That's correct. Yeah. Then you got the era of Michael, how he dominated. I mean, come on, man.

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Or they are going to have their ass, you know what, in Boston. Stugats! They were wrong! Are they going to lose a job? No. Are they going to get a cutting pay? No. What are they going to do? Keep predicting what is the obvious. They are going to say, oh, the Nuggets are going to win. Oh, Denver, the altitude.

And you know what? The Heat are going to win it all. This is the Don LeVatar Show with the Stugats. Do you have any more? Do you have any more? Because you've agitated the man. I'm not trying to. But I told you before, look.

This in the history. All right. In the history of the Miami Heat. I have a few more though. In the history of the more than in the history of the Miami Heat there rarely been people more intimidating than this man we will get to your more so or no questions but I want to know if so and you donnis haslam you donnis haslam universally respected and feared can we

go back to the conflicts in practice and can you tell me a story where you and you donnis were rabid with each other as two of the most intimidating people in the history of the franchise I can't even think that far back to tell you true I'm sorry you know that's a no Dan I think you donnis and I share in the responsibilities of being the bad guy doing our I did not during our times with the Heat, you know? So I think we're sharing those responsibilities. That's part of leading, right? Yes, for sure.

Would you punch Paul Pierce if you saw him at the grocery store? Good question. You know, my violent days are over with, man. Those days are over with. But it's Pierce. I'm a lover, not a fighter, man. My fighting days are over with, man. Those days are over with. But it's Pierce. I'm in love with that fighter, man. My fighting days are over with. Alonzo Morning is the best center in Heat history.

Zo or no? Ooh. Zo. Oh! Alonzo Morning! Yes! Alonzo Morning is the greatest center in Georgetown history. Zo or no?

Well, no, because Patrick won a championship once, so. Wow, look at that. Look at that. Billy, that's disrespectful, what you just did there. Who are you saying? You're saying Shaq? You're saying Shaquille O'Neal? I'm not saying anything, I'm just here.

Okay, well it seems like you're saying something. So Vince Carter, I'm not saying anything. I'm just here. Okay, well it seems like you're saying something. So Vince Carter, I'm curious here, I don't know if this has come across your computer or not, but Vince Carter was elected to the Hall of Fame and he says he dunked over you in 2005 and he told the guys at All the Smoke that you did not talk to him for six or seven years after that dunk because Nike used a clip of it in a commercial without your permission. Is that true or untrue? It's not true. No.

I mean, I don't know why he would sensationalize that at all. Don't shout of dunk. But that's not true. No. It was an incredible, listen, it was an incredible dunk, it really was. But I will tell you this, not one time do people show all the times

that I block this shot. Can you guys- That's right, Zo, be a lame commercial. Can you guys please find for me the footage, put it in the corner of the screen, of all the times Alonzo Mourning blocked Vince Carter's shot. How many times- Really easy task for video, Dan.

How many times was it? Zo is asking for it, it's different than when Samson does it. That's true. Yeah. It was a whole lot more than when Samson does it. It was a whole lot more than what he dumped on me. It was a lot more than when he dumped them. So do you have a favorite dunk of, of a, I'm sorry,

a favorite block of all time because I felt like you prided yourself on being defensive player of the year, even more than all the, all the blocks that I had in the 2006 NBA Finals game, game six. All the blocks that I had were my favorite blocks. All of those. You were a crazy person in that series. You were a lunatic. I wouldn't have wanted to put anyone near you for the 14 minutes a game that you were firehosing all over the court. Hey man, I was like a shark in bloody water, man. I could smell victory, you know. So I wanted to be a part of history and win a championship for this franchise. So

I did whatever humanly possible I could do out there on the court to try to help us cross the finish line. And I was given that opportunity by Pat Riley. I would argue that it is, and I don't have any others for reference here, but outside of Magic Johnson in a final, when he was replacing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at center, it is the greatest performance I have ever seen from a backup center. Oh, the 14 minutes, five blocks. He shouldn't have even been playing behind Shaq. It was outrageous.

The only reason they kept playing Shaq in that series because Avery Johnson wouldn't stop doubling him. Otherwise, I would have had Zoe out there for 34 minutes a game. In fact, during that series, though, were you guys all laughing? Why is he still doubling Shaq? How does he not know that you have to stop Wade here? Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know what? The game plan didn't work.

You know, our supporting cast came in and contributed extremely well. Posey, J. Will, you know, Antoine, me, GP, all of us, you know, we came in and contribute. It was a team effort and it was fun to watch. It was fun to watch it all come together at the right time for us, you know, so I'm very proud it was a team effort and it was fun to watch. It was fun to watch it all come together at the right time for us, you know. So I'm very proud to have been a part of that team. So do you miss that NBA, like back in the nineties,

eighties, early two thousands where centers, you know, they were playing, you do, right? I do, I do, you know, but listen, you know, I give. Get it out of here, MJ. Oh, MJ, you're blocking MJ there. Oh look, now we're playing on the screen. No, now we're playing the good stuff on the screen. How many times did he get MJ?

How many times did you block MJ clean? Yeah, I've got to get MJ a couple of times, but he dunked on me as well. So listen, if you're shot blocking, you're gonna get dunked on. Ooh, Supreme Box, by the way, we top five boxes in the game when you played for Charlotte. Oh my goodness, box game was on point.

So to my point, Adam Silver has done an incredible job. He really has, of growing this game globally and really helping to develop the young generation from a skill perspective. You know, now you got the younger generation coming into this league and they're so highly skilled. More importantly, the international players, you know, they're coming in extremely skilled, you know, because the game has evolved so much from an inside game or back to the basketball game to more of a perimeter oriented game.

So now you got to really be able to handle the ball and really stick shots from the outside. Can you give me a name, Zo, that all these years later, you say you're a lover, not a fighter, you can't go back rummaging around in the nostalgia bin. But give me a name of a guy that the wars were so fierce with that even if you saw him now at like the Hall of Fame cocktail party, you're like, I don't want to talk to that

dude, I got no interest in. I'm still mad about everything that happened. I don't like it. And I just don't want to talk to that person. Hey, but you know what, Dan? I mean, I would, I would, I would make myself sick if I held on to any type of animosity or anything like that. I, I don't, I haven't, I've let all that stuff go, you know, and I look at everybody that I competed against, you know, at that time, I looked at them as adversaries, you know, but now, you know,

it's been a blessing to have been a part of that era, you know, because I grew as a person. I really did. I grew as a person and I think I'm so much better because of it. And I appreciate, I appreciate the game even more because now I look how the game is being played now. Look how we've been played have been played back there was a lot of the back there there really was you know it was it was hard even was it against certain team hearty store

you know eighty five ninety points people because of the level of is a county of the people that would be played also some definitely a different area i will tell the audience again uh..., that Zoe lives in service of really wonderful causes in South Florida and has for 30 years had a festival of basketball celebrity down here at the time that he was making the Miami heat what they are today before Shaq got here and before any of the stuff that ended up blowing up in Miami over town youth.orgorg is where you go if you want to be a part of our audience that just simply helps Zo right now because I'm promising you that the money and the effort goes into a

really soulful place. But I'm done. Dan, more importantly, you're helping young people because all of our services that we provide, we don't charge the families in the inner city. We don't charge them one dime. So when they come through those doors, we provide all of our services, whether it be in school, after school, summer programming, our technology centers, our dance studio, our mental health and wellness, all of those services are free.

We go out and raise the money. So all the money that's given helps us sustain the work that we're doing Continually growing and impacting the community in a positive way and in the name of serving the people that you are serving I will tell the audience again over town youth org is a worthy cause for the things that so believes in but I am Officially done with the buttering up and now what I need from you is Kind is content that gets out into the masses. So this is what I want to do, Zoe. I am granting your request. You have finally asked that we show the time that you blocked Vince Carter.

So now you go ahead and tell Vince Carter what you want to tell him as you throw it to this video and then do play-by-play. You tell Vince Carter why are you running around telling us that I haven't talked to you or six or seven years about the time that you dunked on Me go ahead You're getting us clicks you're not getting any what you're getting nothing no no he's getting Dan will donate $10,000 to charity if you have it. He's getting money to OvertownYou.org. $20,000 on Dan if you do it. $30,000 on Dan.

Billy is willing to put his salary, a percentage of his salary, well, then why would you do it to me? No. Yeah, why would you do it to me then? Yes, of course, no. Your salary is more. I'll be charitable when I wanna be,

not when I'm bullied on air by you to be charitable. So you don't want to throw it to this video? Would you just like to watch it with us? Enjoy it with us? I mean, you can give the commentary, Dan. You're pretty good at that. I get the commentary. Go ahead, roll it.

Roll it. All right. Vince Carter comes in on the glass. Get that shit out of here! Yeah! Alonzo Martin smacks it into the next century. Help side! He tells that dinosaur wearing person on the chest,

get it out of here, don't bring it back. Peeing in the pool, zo or no? Oh man, hey zo. Yeah! All day long! All day long! So definitely in the shower, correct? Zo or no? All day long! Yeah! Just all day long! So definitely in the shower, correct, Zo or no? Right?

Shower, shower. All day long. Shower. Oh man. Shower. Let's play for Zo here very quickly. Just people are wondering, in this famous GIF, I don't know when you've seen it, how you've seen it.

Please tell us what you're thinking here. Do you remember what you were thinking on the bench, shaking your head, but then something dawned on you that you realized, well, it's not all that bad. What happened there? No. Do you see the score? Do you see the score?

Yeah. Yes. You were down by 30 at home. You see why score? Yeah. Yes. You're down by 30 at home. Yes, yeah but. You see why I was shaking. That's why I was shaking my head, okay. But what, but. At least I still got the condo, man. And then the look of, this was the first game, this was ring night.

That was ring night, I think. The first game of the season. Remember when they blew us out? Oh, that's right. Came in here. Yes. Yes. So you got your rings and the Bulls are blowing you out of home by 30. Oh, so you're legitimately thinking there. Yeah, we lost by 30, but we did get our rings tonight from the season before. So thank you, buddy. Thank you for being on with us. Appreciate the work you do.

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gnats for the sixth seed these five words in his head scream are we winning games yet this is the dunn lebatar show with the Stu Gatz If you're so you have to pee in the deepest parts of the pool because if you're in the shallow end you're just peeing Great point. Thank you An excellent one. I can't dispute anything that's been said there. It's among the truest things Stu Gotts has ever said. Juju and David Sampson though,

think pretty strongly that most of the people here are disgusting. Absolutely, oh my God. I could not believe my eyes when I, I love my brother Jeremy Tashay. Yeah, glad we're bringing this back. I could not believe my eyes. I love my brother Jeremy Tashay. Yeah, I'm glad we're bringing this back. I could not believe my eyes when I saw him with his finger in his mouth in the public vicinity,

let alone, I haven't put my finger in my mouth since I don't know, I was in Boy Scouts when I was little. But that's the most disgusting thing possible, but salute to my brother, I love you. Someone came up to me in Cleveland and was like, did you see what Jeremy did? And I was like, what are you talking about? And I looked and I felt bad.

Felt bad? Yeah, I know it likes to get, well, I felt bad for all of us for having to watch that, but I felt bad for Jeremy. It's never fun. He like, I don't know. What happened? I missed this.

Oh, wait a minute. Long story short. All right, no, no, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Excellent executive producing there, Billy, speaking on both behalf of the audience and just your general ignorance of not listening to the show when you're not around. We have video at the Miami Heat game,

or I'm sorry, we have visual stills of in the background while Jimmy Butler is shooting, Emmy award winning broadcaster who put the mmm in Emmy. Holy yo! He is in the background with a finger in his mouth Emmy award-winning broadcaster who put the mmm in Emmy. Oh, hey, yeah. He is in the background with a finger in his mouth because he is finishing some salt and vinegar chips, and it has been alleged correctly that those Stugats fat fingers, that's like the fourth or the third one that he's putting in his mouth because he's finishing up his general amount of disgusting and David Samson and juju

Were vastly more mortified by this than the rest of us. Yes, absolutely Oh my I cannot fathom doing this ever at any point in my life I love my brother Jeremy Tash a boy he was like he gripping it with his teeth and everything He can in there like on them guys like Wow juju I had the same amount of disgust when it came to Jeremy getting the grit of the chip off his finger with his teeth and I was telling the people that I eat my ribs with a fork and a knife and I know you eat. For sure. Right.

And I'm the crazy person. I'm the one who eats. How many hands did you shake? How many hands did you shake? Fist bumps around the arena. I keep my hands clean. I wash my hands throughout the game. It not like this is the first time you wash your hands throughout the game. Yeah Bullshit I wash my hands right before I support all things Tony But if you're eating ribs with a with a fork and a knife, you're not eating rib. That's what I'm saying

You know what those things in your hands? That's what you do Here's the thing if you're eating the ribs that fall off the bone, you can just take a fork and just take them right off the bone like that. If you hate yourself, hate myself. No, I love myself, which is I don't want barbecue underneath my fingernails. Basically, get y'all rib game up, because the ones we eat, you can cut them

and it's delicious. It doesn't matter if you can cut them, it's if you should cut them. It sounds stiff though, when the ribs y'all eat. Very stiff. It sounds too stiff. How we getting them to fall off the bone, guys? No, it's how you do it it sounds stiff though the ribs out very stiff How we get them fall out the bone guys know didn't that's how you do it then you look your fingers I'm with Jeremy on this like if you're a media member you got to do what you got to do That's all that's available to him Bob. Ryan does it. I'm certain Greg Cody has done it

I am certain Edwin Pope did it back in the day I am telling you if you're a media member that covers games for a living, you're looking your fingers. Stu, but is the media the group of people that we want as the variable to see cleanliness? That is a good point. Put it on the poll, please, G2. Media members are disgusting. If you're eating ribs with a fork and knife, are you really eating ribs?

And also, are media members disgusting? Just because, Tone is getting aggressive there, I don't think that he's wrong. I don't think you want to be living your life. Also put this on the poll, do you wish to be living your life with the hygiene of a media member? No.

Thank you Billy, you were very disruptive with that Liam Neeson with Alonzo Morning. He was very confused by everything that was happening. Can I come clean on something and admit something that I said to Tony during the interview? But I know it wouldn't have gone well at all. And I know you would have gotten very mad had I done this Dan, and you would have pointed it out

immediately and made things more awkward. I wanted to hit him with a get off my plane so bad. I almost, I almost did it. I was really close to doing it, but the subject matter was such that we're talking about children and charity, and I had done the no so many times, and I go, if I do, it's on the screen right here.

It's right here. Can you play it? Can you play it there? It's there, and I had it low enough that it could kinda just sneak on by. Get off my plane. But the thing is is that he was having difficulty hearing beforehand. We knew that so I thought I could get away with it but I knew that if I did it and I got away with it it would be pointed out and then we'd have an awkward interaction. No, I wanted it. I'll tell you, look, I believe over the many years that we've

been doing this the audience has the same sort of ear for things that we do and as attention spans have gotten shorter and shorter, eight minutes on charity is about seven minutes and 45 seconds too long for our audience because it doesn't matter how good the work you're doing, entertain me clown, make me a bicycle. So I wanted to hit him with it eight minutes earlier, but we couldn't because of what the subject matter was.

I was afraid to do it. Salute to Zo Summergroove. No, exactly right. Yeah, no, he's doing great work and you guys should go donate to whatever it was. No, but wait a minute, because now we're doing this now that he's gone and you've been doing it with Liam Neeson.

And this is gonna, yes, this is gonna now come back to me now that we've done the interview. Hey, did you hear? LeB was motherfucking zoe after he left? I wanted to do it not so much because I thought he was being long It's kind of like sometimes juju mentioned boy scouts It's kind of like sometimes you look and you like, I bet I could jump over that fire. And there's no real reason to jump over a campfire, right?

Other than to see if you could do it and get away with jumping over a fire. That's what I was thinking with the Zelda thing, like can I play this sound and get away with it? Could this be my fire that I jump over? But I didn't do it. Put it on the poll please, Juju. Is there any real reason ever to jump over a campfire?

All the time you don't do it something You're all I've never Billy around here all you're doing is burning your nads with the campfire Did you see speaking burning nads did you guys see that there was a? Mexican news station that actually fell for that clip that was going around the internet of the eclipse Dan I don't know if you caught on to this there was a clip going around people saying it was the eclipse But it was like a light and you're looking at the light and then all of a sudden you just see testicles block the light They tricked me it was great. It was better than even the schlera Mexican news station we declared st stink the winner of the eclipse though.

No, it was done better. Yes, you're watching, you think, hey, that's the sun, that looks suspicious, and then wait a minute, are those hairs on the walls? Solar flares, what are those things? No, cubes. No. Cajones.

Yes, it's, I feel like we all fell for that, and we walked away from it saying, you know what, that's wrong, but it's also right It's something that will make children laugh since we were six years old. Yep. Those are testicles No, it's it was also a thing when you saw you're like, you know what remember remember also like that big telescope You guys remember this we're talking about space and all that and we look at it and it's like, oh my god Look, this is like the whatever that whatever was and we look at it and it's like, oh my god, look, this is like the whatever that,

whatever it was called. The web telescope. Bad judgment Lewis is now showing us. No, Lewis, we're not showing the testicles. I have the video if you want to. I haven't seen it yet though. I'd be interested to see it if we could see it. Lewis and I can show each other your testicles

on your own time. We're not doing that here on the air. I'd like to see who beats Stink. Nope. No, on your own time. Stink will be the pubic public winner and that's it. It's over. Lucy, I am very bothered by the fact

that your emotional state has made you so you've been sulking in the corner of the show all day today. I don't know what you want me to do about that, Dan. I'm sad. Let me be sad. Sulking, I mean it's mourning. She said mourning.

Which I go to a funeral and say you're sulking over there? Your grandfather just died? No, you're mourning. Alonzo mourning. I got two weeks. Give me my time. Let me grieve. I don't have therapy till Thursday.

So what am I supposed to do now? Process my emotions? No, thank you. I think Jeremy's got this right when he says she's in Alonzo mourning. It's not just that she was sad, but then she got even sadder talking to Alonzo morning for eight minutes too long about charity because she wanted the show to speed up.

I was just doodling. I honestly enjoyed the time. No, I didn't. I'm not. I'm not saying that. I'm saying it on your behalf because I know it's good. On my behalf. You keep saying it.

On my behalf. Please. Attaching our names to this. The deep end has to be at least five feet, right? I mean. I had a question So NBA players when they have these huge houses, do they make the pool deeper so that they can feel? That's what I'm thinking deeper to like instead of like a six foot or seven foot end of the pool

Maybe there's just like ten feet eleven feet How tall your guys shower heads because like when I moved into my house I had to like do things and we fixed a bathroom and the guy that was there is like, you're kinda tall. I can really lift up this shower head. And it's like way up there. It's like touching the ceiling, but it's on one of those things and it's great. But still, just because of every shower ever that I take,

I still kinda do it with a hunch neck over the thing. It's incredible. But it also throws off the trajectory where it now hits the back wall and then it splashes on the floor. It's like a whole thing. Tony brings up a good point. it on the pole, please that leviton show do NBA players Get deeper pools than your average shallow end because I did see one of those terrible I think it was was it a general commercial one of those shack commercials where he's in the shower and the shower head is by his chin because there is no probably not a shower though I mean I

think that was cuz am but I'm just saying anywhere you film that you have to make a special shower for Shaq most of them are not going to fit they didn't even bother with that general commercial they're just like go in there and sing I think that's what it was for and the shower head is gonna be very low Salute to the general but anything that's Shaq's insurance What are you doing there? Would say free insurance for life from the general I'm just put it on the pole is that Shaq's insurance because Anything he takes out a car is a cartoon of an army man. I don't general He's a general but what what Tony brings up is an interesting to them though

If you are like if you're Aaron Rodgers, and you're doing state farm commercials is good Right is part of the contract that you get a bunch of free state farm Why not be part of my contract when you think I would say I don't know I so I would say this is really a question About the general more More Southern State Farm though. I understand, but what Tony is saying is, is Shaq just saying, well you wanna give me some extra insurance? It might not be his only insurance,

but why would he not take that insurance also? Like Alonzo Mourning was. That seems like a dangerous game, because then both insurances probably say, no, I'm not paying for this, if you have multiple insurances, right? I am in a pool that is now too deep and I'm pissed Pissing myself. I don't have an answer to your insurance questions

I'm still waiting for our producers to find me an answer by just simply calling our sponsor to find out whether more people bet on Women than men. So now you're asking me to have insurance game. I don't have Billy Thank you for executive producing the way that you do. I have an answer on that front too by the way. Stay tuned, the next segment we're gonna get to it. You did me. You did some reporting, Juju? I got some reporting. Remember I'm in contact with the people from Thursday Thunder

and I had some people up and they had some answers. So stay tuned. I thought you were talking to the general. Also salute to the women's national soccer team. We never mentioned that by the way. Thank you Juju. I want to just marvel for a second at how bad Lewis's judgment is when he says

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